CIRTL Network

The mission of CIRTL is to “to enhance excellence in undergraduate education through the development of a national faculty committed to implementing and advancing effective teaching practices for diverse learners as part of successful and varied professional careers.” CIRTL Network universities pursue this shared mission through programs informed by three core ideas: teaching as research, learning communities, and learning through diversity.

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the CIRTL Network began with six universities: Howard, Michigan State, Texas A & M, Colorado at Boulder, Wisconsin-Madison, and Vanderbilt. In 2011, the Network expanded to 23 universities, including Washington University in St. Louis.

The CIRTL network has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Great Lakes Higher Education Foundation.